mercutio: is there any way to get vodafone roaming enabled for an area that has vodafone wcdma good signal, telecom wcdma medium signal, and 2degrees gsm very tempermental signal.

Sorry, no. If the location is within a Vodafone LAC that is excluded, then you cannot roam onto it.

so am i correct in assuming that that means it's a 3g vodafone tower? and because it doesn't have 2g it won't let me on? or is it just because it's in "west auckland" which is considered an area that 2degrees have some towers in?

on vodafone's coverage map it says 1/4 for calling/2g/2.5g, and 3/4 for 3g broadband. on 2degrees it seems to be in a minimum coverage area, but it can't pinpoint address.

For Dunedin central or all of Dunedin? What about Mosgiel? I mean - I don't know where 2degrees coverage is and isn't. I just know that it seemed to work okay in Christchurch, but seems pretty patchy in Auckland. I realise Auckland is a lot more spread out than Christchurch. But I do remember that roaming works fine in Stanmore Bay but seems to not work properly in Titirangi/Woodlands Park/Laingholm,